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Jim Rutherford

#29 · Goalie · Detroit Red Wings

Born Feb 17, 1949 in Beeton, Ontario, CAN · 5'8", 168 lb · Catches left · Drafted 10th overall in 1969 by DET (round 1)

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Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award GM of the Year 2015-16

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gerry Cheevers BOS · 41 GP, 0.920 Eddie Johnston BOS · 38 GP, 0.899 Al Smith DET · 43 GP, 0.892 Cesare Maniago MNS · 43 GP, 0.920 Gilles Villemure NYR · 37 GP, 0.912

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

020401970-71: 29 games2970-711971-72: 40 games4071-721972-73: 49 games4972-731973-74: 51 games5173-741974-75: 59 games5974-751975-76: 44 games4475-761976-77: 48 games4876-771977-78: 43 games4377-781978-79: 32 games3278-791979-80: 23 games2379-801980-81: 31 games3180-811981-82: 7 games781-821982-83: 1 games182-83

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1970-71 DET 29 715301 761 667 94 3.77 0.876
1971-72 PIT 40 1715501 1066 950 116 3.23 0.891
1972-73 PIT 49 2022503 1460 1331 129 2.92 0.912
1973-74 PIT 26 712400 699 617 82 3.45 0.883
1973-74 DET 25 911400 767 681 86 3.64 0.888
1974-75 DET 59 20291002 1770 1553 217 3.75 0.877
1975-76 DET 44 1325604 1379 1221 158 3.60 0.885
1976-77 DET 48 734600 1351 1171 180 3.95 0.867
1977-78 DET 43 2017401 1119 985 134 3.26 0.880
1978-79 DET 32 1314501 885 782 103 3.27 0.884
1979-80 DET 23 613301 631 539 92 4.18 0.854
1980-81 DET 10 26200 286 243 43 4.30 0.850
1980-81 TOR 18 410200 550 469 81 5.07 0.853
1980-81 LAK 3 30000 96 86 10 3.33 0.896
1981-82 LAK 7 33000 207 164 43 6.79 0.792
1982-83 DET 1 01000 39 32 7 7.00 0.821
13 seasons Career 457 15122759014 13066 11491 1575 3.66 0.879

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1971-72 PIT 4 0400 145 131 14 3.50 0.903
1977-78 DET 3 2100 87 75 12 4.01 0.862
1980-81 LAK 1 0000 8 6 2 6.00 0.750
3 seasons Playoffs 8 2500 240 212 28 3.82 0.883

1971-72 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
40 39 1715501 1066 950 116 3.23 0.891

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1972 vs STL W 6-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Apr 1, 1972 @ PHI T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 59:44
Mar 29, 1972 vs CGS W 5-4 W 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Mar 26, 1972 @ BUF T 2-2 T 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Mar 25, 1972 vs MNS W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Mar 19, 1972 @ CGS T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Mar 14, 1972 @ VAN W 7-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Mar 8, 1972 vs MTL L 4-5 4 2 2 0.500 04:50
Mar 5, 1972 @ DET L 3-6 L 22 18 4 0.818 40:00
Mar 4, 1972 vs MNS W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Mar 2, 1972 vs DET W 7-4 W 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Feb 27, 1972 @ MTL L 3-5 L 39 35 4 0.897 58:52
Feb 26, 1972 vs PHI W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Feb 23, 1972 @ TOR L 0-2 L 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Feb 20, 1972 @ MNS L 0-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 58:57
Feb 17, 1972 @ BUF W 2-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 16, 1972 vs TOR W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Feb 12, 1972 vs NYR L 3-8 L 39 31 8 0.795 60:00
Feb 10, 1972 vs LAK W 6-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Feb 9, 1972 @ TOR W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 5, 1972 @ LAK L 1-8 L 12 9 3 0.750 20:00
Feb 3, 1972 @ STL W 4-3 W 0 0 0 0.000 45:50
Jan 29, 1972 vs CHI L 2-4 8 7 1 0.875 14:21
Jan 19, 1972 vs VAN L 1-6 L 33 28 5 0.848 44:23
Jan 15, 1972 vs PHI W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 13, 1972 @ MTL L 1-7 L 50 43 7 0.860 60:00
Jan 12, 1972 vs BOS T 2-2 T 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Jan 9, 1972 @ DET L 2-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 58:44
Jan 8, 1972 vs CHI L 0-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Jan 5, 1972 @ CHI T 3-3 T 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Dec 22, 1971 @ NYR L 2-4 L 42 38 4 0.905 60:00
Dec 12, 1971 @ NYR L 1-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 60:00
Dec 4, 1971 vs NYR W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Nov 21, 1971 @ CHI L 3-7 L 23 16 7 0.696 60:00
Nov 18, 1971 @ MNS L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:37
Nov 13, 1971 vs LAK W 6-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Oct 24, 1971 @ NYR T 1-1 6 6 0 1.000 11:00
Oct 20, 1971 vs LAK W 8-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Oct 16, 1971 @ VAN W 2-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Oct 10, 1971 @ BUF L 1-2 L 35 33 2 0.943 60:00